Former President Bill Clinton spoke outside of Cape Fear Community College’s Union Station Commons Wednesday in support of his wife, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, and her bid for the White House.

The man who shot himself at a local gun range Monday had previous run-ins with law enforcement. Justin Hakeem Walker, who Wilmington Police say killed himself after murdering his fiancee, was accused of pointing a gun at a man’s head in 2014.

The U.S. Small Business Administration has added Pender County to the disaster declaration in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the Pender County Office of Emergency Management announced Wednesday. “We’re in the recovery phase of this disaster,” said Tom Collins, Pender County emergency manager. “Businesses and private nonprofit organizations may borrow up to $2 million to repair or replace disaster damaged or destroyed real estate, machinery and equipment, …

Cape Fear Public Utilities Authority officials are reassuring their customers that are being served by emergency wells and seeing discolored water or water with a sulfur-like odor, that the drinking water is safe.